Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) voted against two pieces of legislation that undermine access to reproductive health care, H.R. 26 and H.Con.Res. 3.
“I continue to be disappointed by the disingenuous and dangerous legislation that the new Republican majority has chosen to begin this Congress, especially today’s thinly veiled efforts to criminalize access to reproductive… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) released her 2022 Mid-Year Report detailing her work representing Texas’ Seventh Congressional District in the first half of this year. The report highlights Congresswoman Fletcher’s work on legislation and constituent matters.
“I am honored and proud to represent Texas’ Seventh Congressional District, and to bring the voices… Read more »
Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) held a roundtable on the state of women’s reproductive health care in Texas. The event was held shortly before the Texas “trigger” law went into effect, banning nearly all abortions in the State of Texas. State Representative Ann Johnson (HD-134) joined Congresswoman Fletcher and reproductive health care providers from Houston who shared… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) voted for the Right to Contraception Act, H.R. 8373, to codify the right for Americans to access contraception and to protect the right of health care providers to provide contraceptives. Congresswoman Fletcher is an original co-sponsor of the Right to Contraception Act.
“As an original co-sponsor of the bill, I was glad… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), and Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) introduced the Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act to establish a grant program to help ease the financial burden of people that are being forced to travel, sometimes long distances, to access abortion care. The effort comes following the… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher’s (TX-07) bill to protect the right to travel for abortion, the Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act, H.R. 8297, passed the House of Representatives. In addition to passing her bill, the House also voted to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022, H.R. 8296, which restores the right to abortion… Read more »
The U.S. House on Friday passed a bill sponsored by Rep. Lizzie Pannill Fletcher, a Houston Democrat, that would protect a person's right to travel across state lines to receive an abortion.
The bill is one of two that the House passed Friday to shore up abortion access. The other would effectively codify Roe v. Wade by creating a federal law allowing people to receive abortions… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) announced that the House of Representatives will vote on her bill to protect the right to travel for abortion, the Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act, H.R. 8297, on Friday, July 15. This morning, the House voted in favor of bringing the bill to the House floor after it received overwhelming support with more than 165… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congressman Lloyd Doggett (TX-35) sent a letter to President Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra urging them to issue a national emergency declaration and a public health emergency declaration to protect access to abortion care and to help ensure continued access to medication abortion across the… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) introduced the Ensuring Access to Abortion Act of 2022, H.R. 8297, with original co-sponsors Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) and Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08). The bill prohibits any person acting under color of state law, including private parties, from punishing Americans traveling for reproductive health care, which is… Read more »
